Recollections

2.

George Ritchie

North Gyle, Edinburgh

Thank you to Gordon Ritchie who wrote:

School Dinners

"I remember the Orwell Place
School circa 1950.

The School Dinners were ghastly,particularly the potatos. They
arrived in big aluminum churns and the smell that permeated the whole
building, I can only describe
as being like boiled rotten cabbage. -
ugh!."

School Writing

"About
that time, the class were all given a ballpoint
pen(Biro), but Miss
Smart(always the traditionalist) would not let
us use it because she said it would lead to sloppy and bad handwriting.

I liked writing on the slate
boards with the slate pencils.Mistakes were easily rubbed out.

Later, we graduated to
pen and ink, using the inkwell on the desk."

Rationing

"Of
course, it was just after the end of the Second
World War and rationing was in full force.
I can remember not seeing a banana till I was about seven
years old - but there were few overweight children."

George Ritchie, North Gyle, Edinburgh:
September 1, 2014

Recollections

3.

Gary Tennant

Adelaide, South
Australia, Australia

Thank you to Gary Tennant who wrote:

School Dinners

"I Lived in Caley Crescent
in the 1960s and 1970s. It was the best childhood you could ever
ask for.

I used to arrive early at Normal
Primary School to help the Janitor. He'd give me a free bottle of
milk.

I remember:

- Miss Beltoski. She
would give me the belt every second day for passing wind.